DIARY OF THE YEAR
Wednesday 3 March: agreement in the Po strike seemed imminent as union and management continued their talks. The PM and TUC leaders are to meet soon after a letter to No 10 from Mr Feather. China succeeded in launching its second space satellite and Mr Aristotle Onassis failed to take over the Belfast shipyard of Harland and Wolff.
Thursday 4 March: striking Ford workers rejected an improved offer from the company and returning PO strikers revolted against the Proposed settlement. Relations between East and West Pakistan were reported to be ap- proaching a state of violent secession. Mr Maudling re-affirmed the Government's support of the Irish PM at Stormont.' Friday 5 March: Lockheed reacted icily to the Government's offer of £60 million to save the an 211. Riots broke out again in the Falls Road as Mr Maudling met Unionist MPS. Firty-one- Year-old Mr Trudeau announced that he had secretly married a twenty-two-year-old. In Dacca riots against West Pakistan turned into • an organised revolt for UDI.
Saturday 6 March: 3,000 women's liberationists marched through a blizzard to Trafalgar Square.
The Oxford Union elected the second woman president in its history. A ballot among the PO union branches voted overwhelmingly to return to work. The omc found the doctor who informed a sixteen-year-old girl's parents that she was on the pill `not guilty of professional misconduct'.
Sunday 7 March: PO workers returned to work to face a backlog of eleven million letters. With the seven-month Suez ceasefire ending at mid- night President Sadat of Egypt announced he would not agree to another extension. A film technician was charged with causing an explo- sion at Mr Carr's house two months ago.
Monday 8 March: Associated Newspapers today announced the merging of the Daily Sketch with the Daily. Mail and the firing of 1,733 'workers. Rolls-Royce too announced the redundancy of 4,300 employees. The cat urged reflation on the PM at a Meeting at No 10. It was revealed that the Chinese PM had led a secret delegation to Hanoi.
Tuesday 9 March: in the world heavyweight title fight in New York Cassius Clay was out- poin•ted by Joe Frazier. A record trading surplus of £631 million for 1970 was announced. Exports exceeded imports for the first time in 12 years.
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